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Quick guide for teachers
Product: Book
Trim size in cm: 14x21cm
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9788859037569
Publication date: 01/11/2024
Suitable for: Lower secondary 1st level (ages 10-11), Lower secondary 2nd level (ages 12-13)
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What are the best strategies for managing a student with ADHD in the classroom? This guide, in the style of a Teacher Training notebook, offers secondary school teachers suggestions and guidelines to successfully address 15 problematic behaviors typical of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
The book is divided into 15 chapters grouped into three main sections: inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, which are the problematic behaviors typical of students with ADHD in the 11-14 age range.
What to do and what to avoid
Each chapter includes a brief overview of a specific behavior (what to keep in mind), indications on the intervention (how to intervene), suggestions and insights (advice from the expert and in-depth analysis). The teacher will be guided towards understanding the situations described through emotional, cognitive and behavioral reading.
Presentation
Introduction
Inattention
• Chapter 1 – He/She is easily distracted.
• Chapter 2 – He/She doesn’t finish the work
• Chapter 3 – He/She avoids tasks that require cognitive effort
• Chapter 4 – He/She forgets school materials at home
• Chapter 5 – He/She doesn’t pay attention during the lesson
Hyperactivity
• Chapter 6 – He/She leaves the desk with every possible excuse
• Chapter 7 – He/She constantly asks to leave the classroom
• Chapter 8 – He/She talks excessively with classmates
• Chapter 9 – He/She constantly plays with any object
• Chapter 10 – He/She prefers active tasks to quiet ones
Impulsiveness
• Chapter 11 – He/She has difficulty waiting for his/her turn to speak
• Chapter 12 – He/She does not foresee the consequences of his/her behavior
• Chapter 13 – He/She cannot avoid dangerous situations
• Chapter 14 – He/She has difficulty managing emotions
• Chapter 15 – He/She struggles to organize his/her activities
Conclusions
Quick guide for teachers
SECONDARY SCHOOL
In the style of a Teacher Training notebook, this is a quick guide for lower secondary school teachers who have pupils with ADHD, which can help them learn more about the disorder and apply simple but effective strategies to deal with it and manage it in the best possible way.
BOOK STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS
ADHD – What to do and what to avoid contains “ready to use” focused instructions to successfully deal with 15 problem behaviours that school-aged pupils (11-14 years old) typically have.
The book is divided into 15 chapters, grouped into 3 macro-sections: Inattention, Hyperactivity, and Impulsivity.
What to do and what to avoid
The reason for each behaviour is initially explained in a few brief sentences (Why does he/she do this?), followed by simple and clear indications for the teacher on the attitudes to be adopted and avoided (What to do, What NOT to do). A discussion on the topic follows (What to keep in mind) and tools and strategies are provided in How to intervene about some crucial educational and didactic aspects. A final Don’t forget That… paragraph is devoted to important and focused suggestions for the teacher to keep in mind.
At the beginning of each chapter, an illustration introduces the analysed behaviour.
Each chapter closes with reflections to deepen understanding and enrich the teacher’s “briefcase of educational tools”.
Leaf through the worksheets in the Appendix, which have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation:
THE AUTHORS
Anna Maria Re, Psychologist, Associate Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Turin. She has been working for years on ADHD and Specific Learning Disabilities, both in clinical and research settings. She provides clinical services at LUDIS, formerly a spin-off of the University of Turin.
Renzo Sacchetto, a technology teacher at lower secondary school, specialised in ADHD through the university master's programme at the University of Padua, "Teaching and Psychopedagogy for Students with ADHD."
